Focus: Indo-Pacific | 8th August 2023

India continued to expand its Pacific outreach close on the heels of PM Narendra Modi’s visit to Papua New Guinea as Navy’s frontline warships INS Sahyadri and INS Kolkata received Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape during their port call to Port Moresby last week. Meanwhile, China continued to violate rights of both […]

Central Asia Digest | July 2023

HIGHLIGHTS  ●  Political Developments●  Economic Developments●  India-Central Asia Relations Political Developments In mid-July, the heads of state of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—and the five Central Asian republics (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan) convened in Jeddah for the first summit between the two regions. […]